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Given that Bangladesh continued to urbanize during this time, there are now more people living in extreme poverty in urban Bangladesh (3.3 million) than in 2010 (3 million). [17] Since independence the average rate of urbanization in Bangladesh is 5% [ 18 ] (World Bank 2012) & percentage share of urban population has doubled, from 15% in 1974 ...
As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions." [11] "National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates ...
In July 1975, the Statistics and Informatics Division was created under the Planning Ministry, and tasked to oversee the BBS. Between 2002 and 2012, the division remained abolished but was later reinstated. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is headquartered in Dhaka. As of 2019, it has 8 divisional statistical offices, 64 district statistical ...
Bangladesh has achieved remarkable feats in reducing its poverty rate, which has gone down from 80% in 1971, [34] to 44.2% in 1991, [35] all the way down to 18.7% in 2022. [36] It has emerged as the second-largest economy in South Asia, [37] [38] surpassing the per capita income levels of both India and Pakistan.
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population). Based on World Bank data ranging from 1998 to 2018. [20]Extreme poverty is defined by the international community as living below $1.90 a day, as measured in 2011 international prices (equivalent to $2.12 in 2018).
Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2020 [1] Population, total 164,689,383 Population density (per km 2) 1,265.2 Population growth (annual %) 1.1% Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) 102.5 Urban population (% of total) 36.6% Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) Not available Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) Not available
Bangladesh has one of the highest population densities in the world. The total fertility rate (TFR) has been reduced by more than two thirds since Independence. The current TFR in Bangladesh is 1.930 per woman, [16] globally considered to be below the benchmark for replacement level fertility.
Bangladesh exported a total of $65 billion in FY 2022-23 compared to $52 billion in FY 2021/22. Increase life expectancy to 80 years. Extend universal health care to 75% of the population. Increase adult literacy rate to 100% by 2031. Free education for up to 12 years.